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Forbes has just put up a great piece about turning your garage-hobby into a business and what all it entails.

Many people dream of taking a hobby and turning it into a successful small business, and many entrepreneurs are lucky and savvy enough to make it happen. But profiting from a passion still takes hard work, and hobbyists-turned-business owners often find they spend more time running the company than enjoying a pasttime.

Elaine Hodgson started out as a biochemist, working for NASA and private companies for about four years. In her spare time, she played video games and found herself increasingly drawn to the idea of creating them. So she took some courses in programming that enabled her to start working for small companies that manufactured games.

People often dream of doing a job that they love, so it seems like a natural extension to try to make your hobby your job. Would that I could open a music store that also sells ping pong paddles, muppets, cartoons and novelty ninja swords. Sadly, making a business is more complicated than that.

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